Celebrate the centennial of legendary bassist Ray Brown in this SFJAZZ Jazz Minute. A pioneering force in bebop and one of the most influential bassists in jazz history, Brown helped shape the music through his work with Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, and many others. Known for...

In this archival concert, an all-star band of veteran masters honors Miles Davis’s acoustic music of the 1950s and 1960s in honor of his centennial.

An all-star band of veteran masters including Donald Harrison, Javon Jackson, Eddie Henderson, Patrice Rushen, Buster Williams, and Lenny White hon...

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This week on Fridays Live we continue to present highlights from the San Francisco Jazz Festival with saxophone virtuoso and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Kenny Garrett with hi...

SFJAZZ Collective plays Pearl Jam’s “Even Flow”

In honor of the 35th anniversary of Pearl Jam’s Ten (released August 27, 1991), we challenged a trio of SFJAZZ Collective members including vibraphonist Warren Wolf, bassist Matt Brewer, and drummer Kendrick Scott to listen to Pearl Jam’s 1991 gru...

Using Terence Blanchard’s arrangement of Wayne Shorter’s classic “Footprints” as a canvas, Terence and a band made up of SFJAZZ staff demonstrates the interactive capabilities of Miner Auditorium’s Immersive Media System. This demonstration uses the system’s audio reactive interface to “paint” th...

Bassist, vocalist, and songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello is joined by her Berklee College of Music mentee, guitarist Chanelle Ignant for this special episode of our duet series. The two find common ground on a Wayne Shorter classic and go deep on the teacher-student relationship.

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Join us as SFJAZZ enters a new chapter of leadership and mission. Narrated by former SFJAZZ Board Chair Denise Young, this short video brings you i...

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